Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 505-512 , February 2009

Predictive Factors for Early HBeAg Seroconversion in Acute Exacerbation of Patients With HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B

  • Hyoung Su Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Ha Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Woon Geon Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung Ho Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jin Heon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hak Yang Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Myoung Kuk Jang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Myoung Kuk Jang, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, 445, Gildong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 134-701. fax: (82) 2-478-6925

Received 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 30 October 2008.

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 The authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.10.089

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 505-512 , February 2009

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